A Tribute to Each Veteran-Each Hero

Veteran Hero
 A Tribute to Each Veteran-Each Hero

(To All Who Have Served and are Serving)

 

A Hero sat beside the grave

His friend was buried there

He wondered if he’d be as brave

When bullets filled the air

 

A Hero stood beside the bed

A Comrade lying there

“She’ll never walk”, that’s what they said

It all seemed so unfair

 

A Hero walked-some foreign street

The people turned and stared

Some would run to hide-retreat

                   While others simply glared

 

Did others know the choice they’d made?

  Protect, to serve, to save

Whate’er the cost, their post they stayed

For love, their all they gave

 

A Hero walked into the room

The doctor standing there

The saddened face, the sense of gloom

An illness, very rare

 

A Hero stood with stoic grace

Though sadness filled his eyes

The gentle smile upon his face

His broken heart’s disguise

 

These veteran Heroes stood the test

With all that they did do

We must now give to them our best

Our service, our “Thank you”

 

We cannot see the battle scars

The evil they did face

The pain within their own memoirs

We cannot ere erase

 

They chose to go for you and me

Because of love you see

They paid the price that we might be

A land where all are free

 

So, let us sing our anthems loud

Salute the flag with pride

Their sacrifice made us endowed

With hope we’re unified

These veteran Heroes stood the test

With all that they did do

We must now give to them our best

Our service, our “Thank you”

©Effie Darlene Barba, 2018

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